jO,s TIIK POINT HAKKOW 1;SK1J1(). 



I„i Ululated (■.•rtaiii rules in lej^aid \» some kinds of iiroperty and tlie 

 division of -an.o. wlii.i, aiv i.niui kably like those notieed among Ks- 

 kiiiio .■UewlMM-e. and wliirli may lie su|>])()sed to liaA'e grown n\> among 

 H,r'ai.r,-si.,isnf tile KskiiMo. liefore t heir Separation. 



l',,i- in^tanr... inCreeiilaiid.' -Anyone picking nj. ]ae<-es of driftwood 

 ,,r ".lods losi -li sea or on land was considered the rightful owner of 

 ','l,.M,',': :n,d'to' make good his possession he ha,l only to ...rry then, up 

 .l.ovc hi.'h water mark and put stones upon th.-m. no matter where 

 l,i> homesfad MUghl 1m-.- Now. at Point Harrow ^vr olten saw the 



M-cmed 'p!M'f.'''l'rv able to prove his .daim. Lieut. lla.N intornis me that 



On'one o,-,-asion. when he was about to hav a large pice.- of drift- 

 tindier dragged up to the station, a w.unan came uj. and proved that 

 the timber beh.nged to her by |M,inting out the freshly cut nmrk. I 



by setting it upon end. 



.\s far as we could learn, the smaller animals, as for instance, birds, 

 the smaller seals, iciudeer. etc.. are thi' property of the. liunter, instead of 

 being disided as in some ol her localities, fiu- example at Smith Sound, ^ 

 The larger seals and walruses appeared to be divided among the boat's 

 , rew. the (iwncrot the boat apparently keepiug the tusks of the walrus 

 and |ierhaps th<' skin. .V bear, however, both flesh and skin, is equally 

 divideil among all who in any way had a hand in the killing. We 

 learned this with •■(■rtainty fronr having to purchase the skin of a bear 

 kille<l at the village, where a number of meu had been engaged in the 

 hunt. When a whale is taken, as 1 ha ve already said, the whalebone 

 is eipially divided among tin- crews of all the boats in sight at the time 

 of killing. .VII comers, however, have a right to all the flesh, blubber, 

 and blackskin that they can cut ofl? 



1)1-. l;ink, in desiaibiug the social ord.'r of the ancient (irreenlauders,^ 

 says: ■• Looking at what has been said regarding the rights of prop- 

 eit\- anil the dixasion of the peojile into certain coninuinities, in connec- 

 tion with the division of ]iro|)erty into I he classes Just given, we are led 

 to the c(.nclusion that the right of any individual to hold more than a 

 certain amount of property was. if not regulated by law, at least 

 iealouslv watched bv the rest i>f the eonuuunitv. and that virtually 



